Approach

This is a practical, hands-on book that will allow you to build plugins as you learn. All of the technologies that you need are freely-available in the open source world.

You will begin by gaining an understanding of the basic architecture that Moodle uses to operate in. Next, you will build your first plugin, a block. You will carry on building other Moodle plugins, gaining knowledge of the "Moodle way" of coding, before plunging deeper into the API and inner libraries. Lastly, you will learn how to integrate Moodle with other systems, by using a variety of methods.

By the time you have finished this book, you will have a solid understanding of Moodle programming, and will have the knowledge to extend its functionality in whatever way you want.